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A SpaceX rocket just crashed into the moon. Now, the race is on to get a look at the impact site
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Early this morning, a SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon at seven times the speed of sound.
This morning (Aug. 5) at about 2:35 a.m. EDT (0635 GMT), the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon .
The Falcon 9 upper stage ended up slamming into the moon this morning at about 5,400 mph (8,690 kph).
Detections by the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, show evidence of a plume on the moon caused by the impact of a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 5, 2026.